Several of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged victims say they have doubts that the billionaire took his own life last year.
Epstein was arrested on July 6, 2019 and pleaded not guilty to federal charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of girls as young as 14 years old.
He was found dead on August 10 in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan and an autopsy concluded that he hanged himself.
But in special that aired on ABC on Thursday night, Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein, some of his accusers say they don’t believe he committed suicide.
‘Now they’ve made sure we never know everything,’ said Maria Farmer, who is believed to be the first person to report Epstein his ‘madam’, Ghislaine Maxwell, to the FBI.
‘There’s no way that guy took his life.’
Maria Farmer (pictured), one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, told ABC News she doesn’t believe the billionaire took his own life.
Farmer says Epstein and his ‘madam’ Ghislaine Maxwell sexually abused her as a teenager (left). Epstein (right) was found dead on August 10 in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center and an autopsy concluded that he hanged himself
The night of Epstein’s death, two guards – Tova Noel, 31, and Michael Thomas, 41, -were allegedly shopping online for furniture and napping instead of checking in on Epstein.
The pedophile’s jail cell was just 15 feet away from them.
Guards are supposed to conduct five checks, counting and observing every inmate and to walk around every 30 minutes to make sure inmates were alive.
Prosecutors say surveillance video shows the officers did not conduct a single count despite them logging that they did.
After the guards discovered Epstein dead, the officers allegedly told a supervisor they had ‘messed up’ and ‘didn’t do any checks’ in the hours before he killed himself, according to a criminal complaint.
However, his death has prompted widespread conspiracy theories and speculation that he was actually murdered.
Some of his accusers seemingly feel the same way.
Farmer, who said she doesn’t believe Epstein killed himself, says she and her sister were sexually abused by Epstein and Maxwell in the late 1990s.
Aside from Farmer, two alleged victims – Jena-Lisa Jones and Michelle Licata – made similar points.
On hearing the news of Epstein’s death, Jones told ABC News: ‘My heart started racing and I was just like: “This has to be fake.”‘
Another accuser, Jena-Lisa Jones (pictured) said that she thought ‘this has to be fake’ upon hearing the news of his death
Chauntae Davies, 40 (pictured), who was Epstein’s personal masseuse, for several years. She said she felt robbed of being able to confront him (right) in court upon hearing the news of his death
Licata added: ‘There’s a lot of questions surrounding his death. I mean, are you kidding me?
Jones and Licata said they were both sexually assaulted by Epstein as teenagers in Florida, at ages 14 and 16, respectively.
But, regardless of how he died, many of his accusers say they are angry they will never get the chance to face him in court.
Chauntae Davies, 40, who was Epstein’s personal masseuse, and had what she described as ‘non-consensual sex’ with him for several years, said she felt robbed.
‘I was yearning for the moment to look him in the eye,’ Davies told ABC News.
‘I needed him to hear my words, and that justice has been robbed from me and from many others.